Many ships can tell an eventful life story, including this one, which is characterized by exciting twists and turns right to the end. The YO-44 arrived at Pearl Harbor as a tanker on December 7, 1941, with plenty of fuel on board, towed by a submarine, just as the Japanese Air Force was conducting its attack. A few maneuvers prevented the YO-44 from exploding like a powder keg. After the Second World War, the tanker, now known as the fishing cutter "Kodiak Queen", performed civil services and brought seafood ashore. With the advent of the 21st century, it looked like the ship was about to be retired and was starting to rust. But in 2012, after discovering the forgotten ship in a naval junkyard in the British Virgin Islands, historian Mike Cochran launched a website in hopes of preserving it.
In fact, the photographer Owen Buggy became aware of the project and forwarded the information to an acquaintance we also know: Virgin's Sir Richard Branson. An extensive crew was already formed, made up of the non-profit association "Unite BVI", the artist team "Secret Samurai Productions", the "Social Justice Entrepreneurial Team" Maverick1000 and the "Ocean Education Nonprofit Beneath the Waves" to create an extraordinary art installation and to realize an unusual rescue operation around the ship. The Kodiak Queen was finely spruced up on the inside and equipped with an octopus on the outside, whose metal skeleton is intended to become a breeding ground for corals and at the same time as an eye-catcher under water to invite divers to marvel. Filmmaker Rob Sorrenti presents the project "YOKO", a portmanteau of YO-44 and Kodiak Queen, in the following documentary:
In 2017, Rob documented the groundbreaking transformation of a decorated WWII warship (one of the five remaining boats from the attack on Pearl Harbor) into the world's first underwater art installation and marine life habitat. Rob captured Richard Branson and a global network of philanthropists and artists bringing the Kodiak Queen from Tortola to her final resting place on the ocean floor of Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.
The Kodiak Queen Highlights
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